Friday, June 3, 2016

The always interesting and informative Joe Marchese has a post on The Second Disc website about the recent release of a special two-CD edition of The Kinks’ Everybody’s In Show-Biz on RCA and Legacy Recordings. This version will include previously unreleased live performances and outtakes, and comes with a 24-page booklet. You can also find information on The Second Disc about new releases from Petula Clark (Natural Love); David Bowie (A Reality Tour); The Rolling Stones (Totally Stripped) and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Got A Mind To Give Up Living: Live 1966).The New Invaders, one of the best and most eclectic 1960s cover bands in Chicago,
has a busy June schedule that includes the Schaumburg Concert Library Series
on Monday, June 6 and the Andersenville MidsommarFest on Clark Street in Chicago
on Sunday,June 12.

The
Smithereens will be performing their power pop masterpieces on September 25 at City Winery Chicago.
Other acts coming to the venue include The Fixx on August 11, and Rhett Miller
on June 19.

Michael
Vogus, lead guitarist for the roots rock/theatrical Chicago-based band Burnside
And Hooker, is organizing a benefit for The Patrick Grange Memorial Foundation For ALS Research on July 24 at Schubas. In addition to Burnside And Hooker, the
lineup features Draft Week; Jennifer Hall; Simpleton And Cityfolk; The Fox And
The Hounds; Sayers; and The New Switcheroo.

Chicago’s
veteran psychedelic band The Red Plastic Buddha is among the 11 acts offered on
the fifth various artists compilation from the Edinburgh indie label Dogs Got A Bone. There are also tracks by The Twistettes; The Shards; Rise Of The Echo Drone; and The Rhemedies.

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Broken Hearted Toy is an eclectic celebration of creativity, with over 2,000 posts since 2009.

It's based in Chicago but covers power pop, garage, cutting-edge, and 1960s rock from around the globe; along with occasional bits on art; literature; and theatre.

Top of the hill is a nice place to be at. - - - "Elevated Observations" by The Hollies.

Check out some of my previoius creative endeavors.

Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff was a weekly Internet show created by and starring Jeff Kelley. It mostly consisted of comedy bits and obscure 1960s garage rock set to vintage TV and film clips but also spotlighted entertainment events around Illinois.

My wife Pam and I created a handful of series (each episode was about two minutes long) that were shown on Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff. They included Manchester Gallery (see description below); Old Days, which I hosted in the persona of a cranky old man named Fritz Willoughby; Roving Reporter, where I played the clueless title character; What's With Terry?, a performance arts program; and Hanging With The Hollies, a takeoff on Breakfast With The Beatles.

I've also worked with Kelley and Willy Deal on comedy clips, and with Kelley and David Metzger on films for the annual Nightmare on Chicago Street Halloween festival in Elgin.

I'm particularly proud of this 21-episode comedy series Pam and I created for Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff. Each installment was a few minutes long, and featured me portraying Terrence, the curator of a pop culture museum.

I was a staff writer for this Chicago-based magazine from 1987 to 2015. The Illinois Entertainer has been covering rock music for over 40 years, and can be found in stores and entertainment venues, as well as in an online edition.

Chicago Art Machine was a web-based publishing company run by Editor-in-Chief, Kathryn Born, and Managing Editor, Robin Dluzen, that included Chicago Art Magazine, Chicago DIY Film,Chicago Performance And Trailers, and TINC. Most of my submissions appeared in Chicago DIY Film and Chicago Performance And Trailers, although I contributed to all the online Chicago Art Machine publications.

I was a writer and performer with this local comedy group from 1989 to 2009. Famous In The Future continues to perform in the Chicago area, and appeared at every one of the Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sinstheatre festivals that were held at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre. Since the closing of the Mary-Arrchie Theatre a few years ago, Famous In The Future has carried on the tradition by presenting Yippie Fest each year in August.

I'm an active member of SCBWI, (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) and have written two Middle Grade fantasy novels. I've just finished a YA/paranormal novel, and also wrote a suspense/satiric novel that takes place amidst Chicago's alternative music scene in the mid-1980s.

Broken Hearted Toy

The blog title comes from the line, "I'm the brokenhearted toy you play with" in the song "I Can't Let Go" by The Hollies. One of the great original British Invasion bands, The Hollies continue to have an immense influence on power pop bands to this day, and have finally been inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here is a video of "I Can't Let Go" being performed in 1966.